Trial Garden Updates

 

POSTED MARCH 21, 2009

To download a "pdf" copy of the "New Plants" presentation given at Canada Blooms by Rodger Tschanz on March 20, 2009 , click here! [2.45 MB]

POSTED MARCH 18, 2009

Trial Garden Open House for the Public at the University of Guelph, August 18, 2009 from noon until 8:00pm

Trial Garden Open House for the horticultural industry on August 20, 2009 ( at Milton and Guelph)

posted December 15, 2008

Plans are being finalized for the 2009 trial season; a greenhouse pack trial, a garden and container trial and a landscape trial will be part of 2009 opportunities.   To find out more about the upcoming landscape trial, click here - LO2009Trial

 

posted October 17, 2008

A number of selections from the joint ornamental Trial Gardens at the University of Guelph and Landscape Ontario, Milton will be on display at this year's Garden Expo.  To find out more about these plants, follow this Garden Expo Plants link.

posted August 22, 2008

On Aug.19, the public visited the Guelph Trial Garden. Approximately 200 visitors spent time viewing the trials and taking part in the speaker program and workshops. Those visiting the garden had the opportunity to vote on their favourite plants in the garden. The following is a list of the top 10 public choices for that day.Zinnia 'Uproar Rose'
Digitalis 'Camelot Lavender'
Rudbeckia 'Tiger Eye Gold'
Sedum 'Xenox'
Coleus 'Mint Mocha'
Coleus 'Henna'
Agastache 'Bronze Foliage' (this is an entry in the All-America Selections judging trial)
Verbena 'Lanai Blue'09'
Cleome 'Sparkler Lavender'
Zinnia 'Swizzle Scarlet and Yellow'

postedJuly25,2008

	Southern Ontario has experienced record levels of rainfall and as result the grass is very green and weed pressure in the flower beds is ever present. It is a good season to see what flowers stand up well to rainfall. Petunia flowers have traditionally fared poorly under pounding rain. Those petunia and calibrachoa cultivars that recover flower form quickly after a rain do stand out.
	Sunflowers in the field-grown cutflower trial are in full bloom
	Asiatic and LA hybrid lilies in the lily perennialization trial have established well in their second season of growth and are in peak bloom this week. The orientals are at the puffy bud stage.

 

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